symbols

symbols returns the names and the sizes of variables and functions.

svSymbols = symbols()

svSymbols = symbols(nType)

<svSymbols, svTypeSize> = symbols()

<svSymbols, svTypeSize> = symbols(nType)

Return Value

svSymbols is a string vector with the names of variables and functions. svTypeSize is a string matrix with four columns:

Value	Meaning
svTypeSize[;1]	The first column contains the type of the variables. The type is one of four values: “Real”, “Complex”, “String”, “Function”.
svTypeSize[;2]	The second column contains the number of columns.
svTypeSize[;3]	The third column contains the number of rows.
svTypeSize[;4]	The fourth column contains the size of the variables in bytes.

Parameters

nType

nType is a combination of four values (see example):

Value	Meaning
1	Real
2	Complex
4	String
8	User-Function (Functions written in UniScript)
16	Built-In-Function
32	Functions which were registered with RegisterFunction
64	COM-Object
128	Variant
256	UniScript Objekts.
512	Namen der geladenen DLLs.

Example

The following call prints the names of all variables.

symbols(1|2|4)

History

Version	Description
R2013.6	nType == 512, zur Ausgabe der geladenen DLLs.

See also

Overview Programming, clear, type, what, who, whos

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